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Tai a Chau

Dozens of yachts and catamarans raced to the Soko Islands off Lantau yesterday, where CLP Power proposes to build a liquefied natural gas terminal, in a rally to keep a pristine weekend spot out of the company's hands.

The move was an attempt to prevent the use of homemade spears and knives against Correctional Services Department and police officers during deportations. Such incidents have occurred this year during deportations from High Island and Whitehead centres.

A 17-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese youth died in hospital from food poisoning. He and another boat person from the Tai A Chau Detention Centre were admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday after eating the internal organs of a Japanese fugu fish.